# Fractures at Publix
> OSHA SIR `20181213122` · 12/22/2018 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix
- **Location:** 100 NE 183 St, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33179
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a cardboard box from a shelf when other boxes fell, causing the employee to fall backward to the ground and suffer a broken hip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*